Research Article

Bioinformatics Analysis Identifies EPAS1 as a Novel Prognostic Marker Correlated with Immune Infiltration in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Table 1

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of AML patients based on EPAS1 expression level.

CharacteristicsFrequency (%)EPAS1 expression
Low ()High ()

Age56.00 [43.75,64.25]57.00 [41.50,69.00]0.549b
Gender0.284
 Female68 (45.0)38 (50.0)30 (40.0)
 Male83 (55.0)38 (50.0)45 (60.0)
Race0.564a
 Asian1 (0.7)1 (1.3)0 (0.0)
 Black or African American13 (8.7)8 (10.5)5 (6.8)
 White135 (90.6)67 (88.2)68 (93.2)
Cytogenetic risk0.001
 Favorable31 (20.8)8 (10.7)23 (31.1)
 Intermediate82 (55.0)52 (69.3)30 (40.5)
 Poor36 (24.2)15 (20.0)21 (28.4)
Cytogenetics0.002,a
 +88 (5.9)3 (4.2)5 (7.8)
 Complex24 (17.8)10 (14.1)14 (21.9)
 del (5)1 (0.7)1 (1.4)0 (0.0)
 del (7)6 (4.4)3 (4.2)3 (4.7)
 inv (16)8 (5.9)0 (0.0)8 (12.5)
 Normal69 (51.1)46 (64.8)23 (35.9)
(15; 17)11 (8.1)3 (4.2)8 (12.5)
(8; 21)7 (5.2)4 (5.6)3 (4.7)
(9; 11)1 (0.7)1 (1.4)0 (0.0)
FAB classifications0.048,a
 M015 (10.0)11 (14.5)4 (5.4)
 M135 (23.3)20 (26.3)15 (20.3)
 M238 (25.3)20 (26.3)18 (24.3)
 M315 (10.0)4 (5.3)11 (14.9)
 M429 (19.3)11 (14.5)18 (24.3)
 M515 (10.0)10 (13.2)5 (6.8)
 M62 (1.3)0 (0.0)2 (2.7)
 M71 (0.7)0 (0.0)1 (1.4)
FLT3 mutation0.026
 Negative102 (69.4)46 (60.5)56 (78.9)
 Positive45 (30.6)30 (39.5)15 (21.1)
IDH1 R132 mutation0.245a
 Negative136 (91.3)66 (88.0)70 (94.6)
 Positive13 (8.7)9 (12.0)4 (5.4)
IDH1 R140 mutation0.369a
 Negative137 (91.9)68 (89.5)69 (94.5)
 Positive12 (8.1)8 (10.5)4 (5.5)
IDH1 R172 mutation0.238a
 Negative147 (98.7)76 (100.0)71 (97.3)
 Positive2 (1.3)0 (0.0)2 (2.7)
RAS mutation0.276a
 Negative142 (94.7)70 (92.1)72 (97.3)
 Positive8 (5.3)6 (7.9)2 (2.7)
NPM1 mutation0.001
 Negative117 (78.0)50 (65.8)67 (90.5)
 Positive33 (22.0)26 (34.2)7 (9.5)
DNMT3A mutation0.463
 Negative92 (84.4)50 (87.7)42 (80.8)
 Positive17 (15.6)7 (12.3)10 (19.2)
RUNX1 mutation0.545a
 Negative97 (89.0)52 (91.2)45 (86.5)
 Positive12 (11.0)5 (8.8)7 (13.5)
WBC count (×109/L)31.00 [8.00,69.00]11.50 [3.00,33.75]0.001,b
BM blasts49.00 [17.75,72.50]17.00 [2.00,55.50]<0.001,b
PB blasts75.00 [61.50,86.25]61.00 [40.00,81.00]0.001,b

BM: bone marrow; PB: peripheral blood. statistically significant, . aFisher’s exact test. bWilcoxon rank sum test.